VOL.. XIII. NO. 19. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOUIINAL. 



147 



It tiny liuve all hitherto failed, owing to the irn- 

 irfi-rtion of machinery. The great difficulty has 

 len ill iIk- outset, in reeling tlie silk from the co- 

 ons. The material in its raw state contains a 

 jtiiiiius suhstance of a very adhesive character, 

 d ill the ordinary mode of reeling the threads 

 ould adhere so that the skeins could not be 

 3und ort' from the reel without great care and. at 

 St very essential injury to the thread. Another 

 ipediiiient has been that in spinning, the fibres of 

 B thread were liable to be broken and fretted u|i 



the friction of the machinery through whicli it 

 ssed. These imperfections have been entirely 

 inedied in Gay & Moseley's machinery, and the 

 k passes through all the processes of maiuifac- 

 •e from the cocoon to the loom, with all the ra- 

 lily and security from injury, with which cotton 

 manufactured. The machinery is very simple, 

 t very ingeniously contrived, and is worthy tlie 

 servation of every friend of domestic industry, 

 e improvements in this machinery, by whieli 

 ! adhesion of the thread on the reels and spools 

 prevented, consists tn a transverse motion, by 

 lich the thread is carried rapidly from one side 

 the skein or end of the spool to the other, so 

 It instead of lying parallel, the threads are at 

 jles across each other. 



On our return we called to see the Donelson 

 rm, which has recently been purchased by an 

 ociation of gentlemen for the purpose of grow- 

 ; silk. They are now in the progress of trans- 

 iHting 15,000 mulberry trees, already four years 

 I, on one of the most beautiful spots of earth in 

 3 vicinity. These trees were originally planted 



ornamental trees, at the garden of Messrs. Dy- 

 , which has lately been known by the name of 

 Hiilberry Grove," and although the country did 

 t seem to demand quite so large a supply of or- 

 inental trees of that kind, the invention of Gay 



Moseley have rendered them exceedingly valu- 

 le, and probably one of the most lucrative 



rces of income that New England now affords. 

 I who have tried the experiment agree that the 

 jwing of silk yields an enormous profit on the 

 [jital employed, and as it may be grown without 

 Bculty in every family in the' country, we can- 

 t doubt that it will soon become the great staple 



the New England States. 



may make it appear ; and in his dealings with his 

 customers on one hand, and his workmen or fel- 

 low laborers on the other, he will unquestionably 

 find educated [loliteuess, and habitual self posses- 

 sion, the means of wealth and sources of afl'ection 

 and obedience." 



woRKuraniEN. 



The following extract from a late address of Dr. 

 itchell of New York, is particularly recommend- 

 to working men. The dignity of human nature 

 longs to us all alike. It is education, it is the 

 Itivation of the mind as well as the improvement 

 the bodily powers, which make the man. 

 " That 1 have a very sincere desire to improve 

 d exalt the condition of the working classes, 

 nnot now I suppose be doubted by any of you. 

 have labored long enough too, among the dust 

 id smoke of a laboratory to feel myself entitled 

 the appellation of a workingman ; and while so 

 igaged, have not been able to perceive any ne- 

 issary connection between manual labor and de- 

 adation ; any essential disjunction of the work 

 ' the hands from that of the head ; any law of 

 iture which should make impossible or even dif- 

 cult, an alliance of good manners, high morals 

 id elegant accomplishments, with the active du- 

 es of the mechanic. On the other hand, I con- 

 antly perceive the immense value of all these 

 lings to the workman. He cannot bring super- 

 uous talent to this work, howevsr simple habit 



ALBANY FAIR IMPROVED STOVE. 



We notice by the Albany Argus that the annu- 

 al Fair of the Albany Agricultural Society was 

 liolden on Thursday of last week. A great num- 

 ber of various productions of domestic industry, 

 implements of husbandry, specimens of mechani- 

 cal skill, &c. were exhibited. Among the articles 

 exhibited, we notice several improvements upon 

 Stoves, one of which brought in by Messrs. Pratt 

 & Treadwell, we give below. 



" A parlor stove for wood, of an entirely new 

 and beautiful construction — the side representing 

 a building with a gable su|)porled by columns and 

 n arch underneath, pierced through from side to 

 side, separating the basement or fire chamber from 

 the flues at the end and at the top, and furnished 

 with a vase within the arch for water. The fire 

 chamber is also pierced in such a way as to repre- 

 sent windows between pilasters filled with ising- 

 glass and intended to illuminate that part of the 

 stove when in operation. The whole is surmounted 

 by a balustrade and urn of cast iron. — AT. H. Spec. 



ITEMS OF ECONOMY, &e. 



Preserving Bread Moist. The other day I saw 

 a lady on taking her bread out of the oven 

 wash her loaves with cold water. I inquired the 

 reasons. She said there were two objects in do- 

 ing it — one to wash off the ashes and coals that 

 might adhere, and the other to keep the bread 

 from becoming too dry and hard. After washing 

 the loaves moderately, she put them in a barrel 

 and covered them closely with a clean cloth. — JV. 

 Y. Farmer. 



How to have Mince Pies any time. Prepare 

 your meat by boiling and chopping as though it 

 were for immediate use — mix it with a suitable 

 portion of suet, Fpice and salt ; then put it in an 

 earthen pot, pound it down with a pestle, and then 

 cover it with the best of molasses, keep it where 

 it will not freeze, and it will be fit for use any 

 time. My wife has adopted the above course for 

 four or five years past with perfect success ; so 

 that we have had mince pies made from meat kill- 

 ed in December as constant in July following as in 

 January, and quite as acceptable. — Maine Far. 



Com Starch — we are advised by an excellent 

 house-keeper, is in no wise inferior to wheat 

 starch, while it can be made with half the labor 

 and expense. As this is the season for making it, 

 we have obtained from our informant 



Directions for Making it — Take 30 good ears of 

 green corn, fit for eating, grate the corn with a 

 large grater, a lanthorn will do, into a pail of wa- 

 ter ; turn the whole through a fine metal cullen- 

 der, or a coarse cloth strainer, to separate the 

 hulls, &c. ; then change the water two pr three 

 times, to render the starch, which settles at the 

 bottom, white and clean ; and after the last water 

 is removed, the starch may be cut in pieces, laid 

 out a few days to dry, when it is fit for use, and 

 may be kept any length of time. This quantity 



will suffice a year for a small family Cultivator. 



To boil Meat. Let the following rules govern. 

 After the water begins to boil, it should be kept 

 boiling till the meat is cooked. Put the meat into 



cold water, sufficient only to cover, and to keep it 

 covered <luringthe process. — More water than this 

 renders the meat less savory, and weakens the 

 broth. The water should be heated gradually and 

 according to the thickness of the article boiled ; 

 the larger the piece of meat, the more moderate 

 should be the fire. If the water boils before the 

 meat is heated through, the latter will be hardened, 

 and .shrink up as if it were scorched. The slower 

 it boils, the tenderer, plumper and whiter it will 

 be. Fresh killed meat requires longer boiling than 

 that which butchers call ripe, and is withal tiiore 

 tough and hard. — lb. 



On covering Wheal Fields with Straiv. Several 

 fanners have spoken to us of the great advantages 

 of covering wheat with straw. After the grain is 

 sowed, and ploughed or harrowed in as usual, but 

 before it comes up, the straw is scattered evenly 

 over the ground to the depth of two or three in- 

 ches. This treatment is particularly, favorable to 

 late sown wheat, protecting it against heavy frosts, 

 and the cold winds which often occur in the 

 spring. We doubt if any better appropriation can 

 be made of the great piles of straw on many farms 

 in this district. — Genesee Far. 



Cure for the Bite of a Snake. The bite of 

 a snake is as easily cured as the sting of a bee, if 

 taken in a reasonable time without even applying 

 to a physician, as every farmer has a remedy in 

 his own house. Bathing the part bitten with 

 warm milk, affiirds immediate relief. An external 

 application of hog's lard, with a diet of honey and 

 milk will, have the same cftect, though not so 

 speedily. These remedies should be universally 

 known and remenibeied, and resorted to as soon 

 as possible after the infliction of the wound. — Liv- 

 erpool Pa. Mercury. 



A Cure for Poisoned Sheep. It is a fact well 

 known to farmers, that sheep are frequently pois- 

 oned by eating common laurel, (Kalmia latifolia.) 

 When you suspect this to be the case, give the 

 sick animal a strong tea made of mountain dittany, 

 (Cunila mariana,) moderately warm. This simple 

 remedy has been known to recover sheep in the 

 last stages of the disorder. 



It would be well for farmers, whose cattle are 

 in danger of being poisoned, to procure and dry a 

 quantity of dittany in the summer, and keep it by 

 them through the winter, as it is in the latter sea- 

 son they are most likely to be aflfected. It may 

 also be useful in other disorders incident to cattle. 

 So much for the cure : as a prevention, destroy all 

 the laurel on your farms. — Mackenzie. 



Sunflower Seed — Cure for Founder. " The 

 seeds of sun-flower," says a correspondent of the 

 Zanesville Gazette, " are one of the best remedies 

 known for the cure of founder in horses. Imme- 

 diate y on discovering that your horse is founder- 

 ed, mx about a pint of the whole seed in his feed, 

 and i; will eflfect a perfect cure." The seed should 

 be gifen as soon as it is discovered that the hors* 

 is foundered. 



Sei Weed. Some of the sea weeds grow to the 

 enormous length of several hundred feet, and all 

 are liighly colored, though many of them must 

 grow in the deep caverns of the ocean, in total 

 or almost total darkness ; light, however, may 

 not be the only principle on which the colors of 

 vegetables depend, since Humboldt met with 

 green plants growing in complete darkness at the 

 bottom of one of the mines of Freburg — Mrs. 

 SomtrvilU. 



